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Here are the winners of the 2026 Whiting Award for Emerging Writers.
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (396+ words) In a ceremony on Wednesday night, the Whiting Foundation announced the ten recipients of the 2026 Whiting Award for Emerging Writers. The award comes with a $50,000 purse to recognize the recipients’ “outstanding accomplishments and promise,” and is often seen as a…...
Ben Lerner, Patrick Radden Keefe, Emma Straub, and more: 25 new books out today!
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (632+ words) Ben Lerner, Transcription (FSG) “Remarkable … Lerner’s voice is one that interrupts itself, repeats history, and reorders the world.” –Harpers Patrick Radden Keefe, London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth (Doubleday) “[Keefe’s] stylish,…...
Here is the shortlist for the 2026 International Booker Prize.
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (383+ words) The shortlist for the International Booker Prize is out today, and it includes many books published by women and independent presses, two debuts, and writers from eight nationalities and four continents. The International Booker celebrates fiction and collections that have…...
Percival Everett, Andrea Long Chu, Gatsby… 23 new paperbacks out this April.
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (712+ words) If you missed these in hardcover, or simply want a new softcover version of a well-loved text, you’ll want to add these to your lists. Stay safe, as always, Dear Reader, and enjoy these this April. Claire Lynch, A Family…...